The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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